A new wave of dinnerware, like The Portion Plate seen below, helps adults and kids manage their portion sizes. This plate is available at www.theportionplate.com for $11.95. See other portion-managing ...

Portion control is a big component of weight management and weight loss. These are the best kitchen tools you can use to help you reach your goals, according to a registered dietitian.

What does your filled dinner plate look like? Do mashed potatoes take up most of the space, with meat not far behind and nary an inch left over for a fresh vegetable? Then you might need some help.

Do you know how much to eat at every meal? According to a study by the National Institutes of Health, most Americans have no clue how much food to consume in a day. It’s safe to say that we know how ...

A randomized trial evaluated the efficacy of a portion-control strategy (a specially designed dinner plate and breakfast bowl) on weight loss (Arch Intern Med. 2007;167:1277-1283). Researchers ...

A portion is a portion is a portion -- unless, that is, it’s a giant, super, king or grande portion, in which case it’s probably trouble. Over the last 30 years, portions have grown by heaps and ...

Overweight people with diabetes have as much success dropping pounds using a colorful dinner plate that measures food portions as they do on many weight-loss drugs, Canadian researchers said on Monday ...

How much is too much? During infancy, the human body instinctively knows to stop eating when it is full despite the amount of food offered; however, at as young as two years old, we begin to be ...

We all want to be healthy, but the hardest part can be figuring out how or where to start. In previous columns, I’ve mentioned the key to successful weight loss starts with what you put on your plate.

The plates are part of a line called Pourtions, which also includes wine glasses that measure from “on the lips” to “on the hips,” and pasta bowls with servings of “al dente” and “al don’te” (ok that ...

The plates, which measure increasingly larger food portions using the circular measurements “skinny jeans,” “favorite jeans” and “mom jeans,” caused quite the stir over the weekend, as critics claimed ...

After Macy’s pulled novelty plates that measure food portions by jean size, the small business that designed them has been overwhelmed by online orders. The retailer pulled the item from its flagship ...